Prepare azure-ai-evaluation 1.17.0 release (#47142)

nagkumar91 · Copilot · web-flow · commit de49c08c082a · 2026-05-28T12:41:42.000-04:00
Update azure-ai-evaluation version and changelog release date for the 1.17.0 release.

Co-authored-by: Copilot &lt;223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com&gt;
diff --git a/sdk/evaluation/azure-ai-evaluation/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/evaluation/azure-ai-evaluation/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Release History
 
-## 1.16.9 (Unreleased)
+## 1.17.0 (2026-05-26)
 
 ### Breaking Changes
 
diff --git a/sdk/evaluation/azure-ai-evaluation/azure/ai/evaluation/_version.py b/sdk/evaluation/azure-ai-evaluation/azure/ai/evaluation/_version.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 # ---------------------------------------------------------
 # represents upcoming version
 
-VERSION = "1.16.9"
+VERSION = "1.17.0"
